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الزيادة الكبرى في المسجد الحرام

الزيادة الكبرى في المسجد الحرام

c. 783 CE · 167 AH

Mecca

In year 167 al-Mahdi ordered the great enlargement of the Sacred Mosque, absorbing many houses into it 1.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Arabia
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770780790800 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate

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Mecca

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Overview

In 167 AH al-Mahdi ordered the great enlargement of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, and many houses were taken into it. 2

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Had participant
Muhammad al-Mahdi
Occurred at
Mecca

People and things also explored

Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib· The three years of the secret call

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 443
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p.443
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islam.museum contributors. “الزيادة الكبرى في المسجد الحرام”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mahdi-haram-enlargement/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Dar al-Nadwa

The council house founded by Qusayy on the north side of the mosque of the Kaaba, with its door into the mosque; Quraysh deliberated its grave matters and married off its daughters there.